area. the award show roll >> pretty powerful storm midweek and clearing for the nfc champhi came to a sudden stop today. jennifer lopez did not score an oscar for 5:00. lester holt is next with nightly news. "hustlers. other stunning snubs, lupita in "aqufina" breaking news tonight, the outrage boiling over in the who just won a golden street globe. massive new protests in fact, only one actor of color was after iran admitted shooting down that passenger plane and nominated who portrayed harriet tonight the aftermath tubman the lack of diversity is drawing criticism of iran's attack on u.s. troops in iraq. five years after the oscars so white movement was born and our access into the coroversalso surrounds the best director category, no base where the women were nominated, missiles fell. the first on the something quickly ground of the damage and the harrowing survivor stories. noted this morning >> whenever it was by the presenter coming, it was much worse than we thought. >> congratulations to america's getting sicker. >> how close officials say we came to war. those men. there are one million more uninsured americans also tonight, our every year under trump. exclusive report, th >> reporter: the finallhefor brave young president approving and he's repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. the killing of the top commander months ago under one major condition. inclusion movemear top movies e mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without student that has so the shifting explanations for the strike health coverage can get it, many cheering. directed by women, the highest percentage in 13 years, still, only and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. rehema ellis with t. stacking cars on top of each other after men were nominated. >> hollywood is stuck nearly a dozen were in the 197r while capping fees to lower costs. "inspiring america." killed tonight, the new >> reporter: threat. earlier and they will as mayor, he helped expand coverage to 6-year-old john oliver, j.o. for short continue to lose the royal family's seven hundred thousand more people. has always been a fighter. fascinated with emergency meeting, the history, he loves unprecedented summit revenue and relevance dressing up as a world with decisions like we saw by the academy and championed women's reproductive health. war ii soldier, brave after prince harry and this morning. and strong

meghan markle's surprise decision to >> reporter: and step back. despite a wave of criticism, "joker" i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. in real life, he needed to be the rare personal message from the topped all films with queen. 11 nominations getting in preschool, j.o. was the punishment the last laugh diagnosed with a rare handed down to the joe fryer, nbc news. form of leukemia next for us, rare ahead of the tokyo access inside the site of a nuclear disaster. olympics, we have an he spent three years america isn't just sick of donald trump, in and out of the houston astros extraordinary look inside the nuclear cleveland children's an investigation disaster at the clinic tutors helped him keep finding the team spied fukushima power plant. keir simmons found on rivals during the people still feeling up with schoolwork and the impact nine years later. two days after world championship season christmas, the best gift ever. who the team fired. j.o. finished his last chemotherapy the oscar >> reporter: we've treatment. nominations are out,g surprise been given rare access backlash tonight. to ground zero of one >> announcer: this is doctors and nurses broke out in song. "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. of the world's worst nuclear disasters. good evening ♪ in iran tonight there are growing we keep a radiation anti-government monitor close. >> reporter: last protests over the week, j.o. returned to first grade with a accidental shootdon of nine years ago, surprise standing a passenger jet that japan's strongest ovation like a earthquake in history came hours after iran's missile against followed by a 30-foot american targets in iraq his parents said j.o. tonight, we're getting who wants to serve his an up close look at country one day has how close the call it was for american tsunami. 22,000 people dead or survived this le soldiers in the cross missing. hairs of that attack the wall of water smashing into the power plant causing meltdowns and aqi base including explosions what appeared to be a the cleanup has cost by following the advice of winston churchill to never, direct hit on sleeping quarters used by $294 billion never, never give up americans. now in many places, rehema ellis, nbc news. >> go get them, j.o. you don't need to wear a mask that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. thanks for watching richard engel has the latest and good night >> reporter: new demonstrations tonight it is stunning that i in iran. can stand here with so outrage over the government's admission little protective gear on

that it accidentally shot down a ukrainian plane after days of the melted core of the reactors is just there. denials. some protesters saying the exclusion zone, they were fired upon the last place in by security forces fukushima still uninhibited. which tehran's police it's a gho chief denies right now at 6:00, no longer this as we're granted former residents access to the western anthony and phillip a million dollar city. base in iraq struck by more than a dozen make short visits to the place in the bay area where iranian ballistic take pictures. missiles a typical home dipped under some with direct hits where u.s. troops were seven figures. and hold on to living and working memories officials say this >> so this is home and storm ranger scanning shows how close the the skies for increasing showers u.s. came to war with iran >> this was home tonight. >> i can see you're in tears. a more powerful system behind it. this was one of the main housing units for this part of the base, >> not quite but how much wind and rain to expt but it's so badly burned and damaged almost, yeah coming up. it's hard to tell what >> reporter: he is 75. it even was. you only know people costy county. were living here anthony and phillip because there is a burned out bed, somebody's bicycle bring him pictures of se his overgrown rose had soldiers stillen inside whe garden vandals. the news at 6:00 starts now. missile impacted, it we left with only our good evening and thanks for being with us on this monday. would have been many casualties clothes, he says fukushima's fish is the soldiers did have i'm raj mathai. about two hours of making a comeback. each catch tested for radiation. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. advanced warning from u.s. intt what to do about this it's called horrible and racist. some kind of attack was coming an east bay community trying to radioactive wate but fearing the base find out who spray painted graffiti on several cars. from the reactors? might be overrun, many the target, a commune devoted to

stayed out of bunkers officials might filter to guard the base. sensual living. captain jeffrey hanson it and pour it into had the wind knockedt miiles the pacific. >> scientifically, sharon katsuda, complicated whatever the decision will be, there will be then rallied no radiation. >> reporter: many because the people attacked so you were knocked on locals deeply opposed. really want their privacy. the ground and slid under a truck? >> no. >> reporter: they should not >> no. >> i was i did. >> reporter: japan preparing for an i went back to the olympic celebration >> reporter: that's right, shelter and knew that, jessica. when we drove up to this you know, whatever was with the nuclear coming, it was much worse than we thought. >> reporter: iran says accident fresh it did not want to something people have neighborhood we received kill u.s. troops. disasterever worget. information the graffiti keir simmons, nbc happened here near this private >> do you think this news fukushima, japan. was lethal >> hard to imagine road but we soon found out the >> yes, yeah they are still feeling i mean, a lot of people would have died the impact there. up next, a hero's people here have a history and if we hadn't moved. welcome. they want to remain private. >> reporter: 39 back to school soldiers were living investigators late this in these quarters. afternoon came down the driveway dozens more were posted nearby. of what neighbors describe as >> i think we were beyond lucky. the lafayette moore house. >> reporter: u.s. they say someone living on the property posted this on next door, racist graffiti on commanders told us after the attack they expected there would be american fatalities swastika among other symbols. lester >> no >> richard engel from iraq tonight. it was a killing of that top iranian general that deepened this current crisis with iran and tonight current and former administration officials tell nbc news exclusively that president trump here is hallie >> reporter: seven

jackson. months, that's how long ago the strike against qassem soleimani was authorized according to our exclusive nbc news reporting five 0 feshls tell nbc the president gave the go ahead to kill soleimani if the death led to any aggression if it led to the killing. john kerry reacting today. >> this is a shifting story that's so shifting that i think it's beginning to look like a coverup over their original choices. >> reporter: nbc's carol lee helped break the story. >> the timing of the president's decision to authorize the killing of soleimani could undermine his key justification for the operation, which is that soleimani was planning imminent attacks against americans that needed to be stopped. >> reporter: the white house and national security counsel are not commenting but president trump laid today is defending the intelligence as consistent. >> it should have been done 20 years ago. >> reporter: that's after he suggested attacks were looming on not just one but multiple u.s. facilities.

>> i believe it would have been four embassies. >> reporter: that's a specific claim but the evince that up. >> i didn't see one with regard to four embassies. what i'm saying is i shared the president's view that probably my expectation was they were going to go after our embassies. >> reporter: democrats are accusing the president of fudging the intelligence that led to the strike, arguing he's overstating ho imminent the threat was. >> the risk to our personnel has gone up, not down and i don't think it was justified by the intelligence, at least not the intelligence that i've seen. >> hallie joins us now. there is also movement where do things stand right now? >> reporter: shaping up to be a critical house speakee process as soon as tomorrow that starts the countdown to a senate trial possibly this week, lester >> thank you. just three weeks

to the iowa caucuses and on the eve of the key debate new uproar on a comment bernie sanders allegedly said to elizabeth warren that he didn't think a woman could win the 2020 race for president. here is geoff bennett. >> reporter: in the sprint to the iowa caucuses, a pause in the peace pack between the progressive contenders senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren sanders tonight slamming reports he told warren during a private meeting in 2018 that he didn't think a woman could win the 2020 presidential election. sanders in a statement to nbc news saying it is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where elizabeth warren told me she would run for president, i would tell her that a woman couldn't win a senior sanders aide tells nbc news they believe warren's campaign intentionally leaked a false description of the conversationng shots over a political report that the sanders' campaign instructed its volunteers to paint warren as the candidate of elites in conversations with voters.

>> i hope bernie reconsiders and turns his campaign in a different direction. >> i have never said a negative word about elizabeth warren who is a friend of mine. >> reporter: tensions rising with polls finding the two progressives locked in a tight race meantime, tonight senator cory booker dropping out of the race after struggling from the start to gain traction lester thank you. to the struggle within the royal family and the move to let prince harry and meghan markle create aeeng kelly cobiella has late details. >> reporter: prince harry and meghan rk the agreement announced after an unprecedented royal meeting. princes charles, william and harry gathering at the queen's secluded home with the media camped outside, reports meghan may have dial

in from canada, too. the queen calling the talks constructive saying the family is entirely supportive of harry and meghan and although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the royal family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life. the couple's bombshell announcement last week sparking endless headlines and speculation about why they wanted to leave royal life and whether a rumored brotherly rift between william and harry was the cause. that rumor was fueled by an unsubstantiated report in a british newspaper alleging prince william's behavior drove the sussexes away and this morning a sign of public unity from the brothers who issued a joint statement calling the report false, offensive and potentially harmful. tonight, there is still no details on what harry and meghan's new roles will look like but the queen wants final decisions in the coming days. >> people are looking

at the monarchy not just in the uk and america and canada why do they look so dysfunctional? >> reporter: there will be a transition period while the two sides figure out things like jobs and finances but the couple has cleared the first big hurdle, winning the queen's approval lester >> kelly cobiella tonight in london. thank you. there is more breaking news, the houston astros hit with big suspensions and fines after major league baseball found they cheated during the 2017 world series season here is miguel almaguer. >> the houston astros are world champions! winning the world series in 2017, tonight major league baseball says the champs are cheats suspending houston astros manager a.j. hinch and general manager jeff lunow after the league says their team stole pitching signs during the historic season. the astros taking it a of themrther firing er o started this but did anything about it and that's how we came to the conclusion.

>> reporter: the fonger -- former manager says h didn't know the rules were being broken but the league's investigation reveals virtually all of the astros players had some involvement or knowledge of the scheme using a camera in center field, the team decoded pitching signs. the information relayed to the dugout sometimes via text message on a smartphone which was passed along to the hitter by banging on a trash can as noted by one sports writer here. the investigation specifically notes then astros bench coach cora as a middleman. he went on to coach the red sox who won the world series the very next year and who are also now under investigation for stealing pitching signs in the regular season

the los angeles dodgers lost both world series to champs now accused of cheating miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> not a good day for sports there is no break in sight from severe weather, at least one tornado confirmed in the south following a deadly outbreak that left 11 dead with more, here is sam brock. >> reporter: a tornado violently tossing cars around this south carolina parking lot today and strong winds collapsing the roof of a school gym injuring three students. >> custodians came in and told us that the gym was -- half the gym was gone >> reporter: this after an ef-2 tornado left this school in shambles tornados ripped through 11 states, including kentucky where one sent three people airborne in their mobile home. >> i realized this is the ceiling. we're upside down. >> reporter: ripped sections of roof off louisville's white hall mansion on the ground the devastation is obvious and debris and power lines, a roof wrapped around a tree over there but the bigger

issue today is what is going on here in the streets. crews trying to restore power. meantime, much of the country bracing for more storms including the midwest where a massive storm surge swallowed paths along lake michigan. sam brock, nbc news. we're back in 60 seconds with breaking news and a deadly terrorism case and the urgent new warning about kids and the flu.

tonight the justice department is calling last month's deadly shooting at a u.s. navy base an act of terrorism and the attorney general is demanding apple's he>> reportee says tonight it was an act of terrorism when justice department mohammed al ramshadi, a saudi air forc officer here in the u.s. for military training opened fire in a classroom at pensacola naval air station december 6th killing three u.s. servicemen on september 11th, the fbi says he posted this message on social media. the countdown has started. investigators say he also posted a string of anti american, anti israeli and jihad messages, the last one two hours before the

attack but the fbi says he apparently acted alone. >> we have not identified any co-conspirators, any evidence that the shooter acted with anyone else or that he was inspired by any one specific group. >> reporter: out of 852 saudis in the u.s. for military training, 21 have been sent home after it was found they had child pornography or jihad material fbi agents found two phones belonging to al ramradi one he put on the floor and shot during the attack that the government wants to unlock and search. >> it is very important for us to know with whom and about what the shooter was communicating says it turned overallhelp this may be headed to court. lester. >> pete williams disturbing new details about another terror attack. authorities sa two shooters in jersey city new jersey had a bomb in their van powerful enough to

kill or injure people up to five football fields away and enough material to build a second bomb. the two were found dead at a kosher market last month after killing three people inside and a police detective a frightening new alert tonight on the flu. now widespread in almost every state nearly 10 million cases and the dominant strain this season hits kids the hardest. here is dr. john torres. >> can you feel the book >> reporter: iowa mom amanda phillips jadwas her 4-year-old properly vaccinated for the flu. now complications could leave her blind. it all started on christmas eve. >> her eyes were in the back of her head and that's when i was -- i looked at him like you need to move. we have to go. >> reporter: then a coma, seizure and brain swelling this year for the first time in nearly three decades influenza b, the hardest on children, is the predominant strain jade had the vaccine last march. >> i was under the

impression no matter what, if you got the flu shot in january or february or march that timing really didn't play a part of it. >> reporter: the cdc recommends getting the flu vaccine every fall, since the season usually runs october to may this year the season started early especially in the south. >> when we started seeing cases of the flu, the flu vaccine for this year was not yet even commercially available. >> reporter: back in iowa amanda phillips won't know for six months whether her daughter will regain her sight. >> she's strong and she's smart and she's amazing and she's a tough cookie. >> reporter: dr. john torres, nbc news, new york. >> we wish her the best in her "joker" leads but yela >> reporter: for j.lo